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Cathedral Chapter Calendar for the Year 1797

Domkapitel-Kalender für das Jahr 1797  Münster, Dommuseum PAULUS, Inv. Nr. Gr.227 , Photo: Stefan Jahn, Bistumsarchiv
Domkapitel-Kalender für das Jahr 1797  Münster, Dommuseum PAULUS, Inv. Nr. Gr.227 , Photo: Stefan Jahn, Bistumsarchiv

Cathedral Chapter Calendar for the Year 1797

Cathedral Chapter Calendar for the Year 1797
Münster, 1797
Hand-colored woodcut
Münster, PAULUS Cathedral Museum, Inv. No. Gr.227

For nearly 200 years, the Cathedral Chapter of Münster published an annual calendar featuring coats of arms. The coats of arms of the canons form the outer ring. Key dates and feast days are listed in three columns within this ring. The block of text is surmounted by figures of saints surrounding the coat of arms of the incumbent bishop. They all played a role in the establishment of the Diocese of Münster: Paul is said to have planted the diocese (*plantavit*), Liudger to have fostered its growth (*propagavit*), the Saints Ewald to have watered it (*rigarunt*), and Charlemagne to have finally founded it (*fundavit*).